Warning over deep-sea 'gold rush'
A "gold rush" of seabed mining could lead to unprecedented damage to fragile deep-sea ecosystems, researchers have warned.
Environment
Dec 17, 2018
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Climate change: Nauru's life on the frontlines
International perceptions of the Pacific Island nation of Nauru are dominated by two interrelated stories. Until the turn of the century, it was the dramatic boom and bust of Nauru's phosphate mine, and the mismanagement ...
Environment
Oct 22, 2018
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First seismic evidence for mantle exhumation at an ultraslow-spreading centre
A mountain range with a total length of 65,000 kilometers runs through all the oceans. It marks the boundaries of tectonic plates. Through the gap between the plates, material from the Earth's interior emerges, forming new ...
Earth Sciences
May 25, 2018
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Study reveals long time scale of recovery for marine sea fans and other species
Pink seafans, Ross corals and white sea squirts could take up to 20 years to recover after an area of the seabed was closed to scallop dredging, according to predictions by a team of scientists at Bangor University.
Ecology
Jan 26, 2018
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Seabed mining could destroy ecosystems
Mining on the ocean floor could do irreversible damage to deep-sea ecosystems, says a new study of seabed mining proposals around the world.
Environment
Jan 22, 2018
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New depth limit for deep-sea marine burrows
Scientists have found fossil evidence of deep-sea marine life burrowing up to eight metres below the seabed—four times the previously observed depth for modern deep-sea life.
Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2018
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Is fishing with electricity less destructive than digging up the seabed with beam trawlers?
While many people may be interested in the sustainability and welfare of the fish they eat, or the health of the environment, fewer probably worry about the effect that trawl fishing – which accounts for 20% of landings ...
Ecology
Jan 9, 2018
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Seabed landscape crucial for fish conservation
Conservation and fisheries management strategies should take into account seabed landscape in order to maintain fish conservation.
Ecology
Dec 12, 2017
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Scientists call for more research on how human activities affect the seabed
A group of UK scientists, co-ordinated by the University of Southampton, has published extensive research into how industry and environmental change are affecting our seafloors, but say more work is needed to help safeguard ...
Environment
Sep 25, 2017
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Understanding the glacial history of the western Arctic
To interpret what we see today both on land and at the seabed, we need to understand how the landscape was different in the past. When we say "past," we mean on a geologic timeframe—specifically, about 10,000 to 20,000 ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2017
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